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We need to think bigger, dream bigger, and get bigger.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
Civil Rights Advocate
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Higher energy costs are unavoidable in all future scenarios.
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There are some cities that are doing good stuff, but there aren't enough of them. If you don't fight for what you want, then you deserve what you get. And in politics, if you don't ask, you don't get at all.
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You can't lead anybody you don't love. You can't do it. It's not possible.
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I am sharing my faith with my sons. I pray, meditate and read devotionally. But let me be clear: I am a person of faith not because I am a saint, but because I am a sinner.
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